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CAH: Expectations vs Outcomes

Every tracked Cardinal Health print on both axes: what the straddle charged going in against what the stock did coming out, and what management guided against what the company printed.

Rolling ratio

0.21x

mean of 1 scored print

Beat the straddle

0%

of 1 scored prints

Cleared its guide

n/a

no guidance tracked

One scored print is not a track record. A rolling ratio only starts meaning something after several quarters, and this name has 1. Read the row, not the average.

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FQ4 2026

Scored

Reported 2026-08-11 (before open) · reaction session 2026-08-11

Implied
±6.2%
struck an earlier session, 2026-08-07
Realised
+1.3%
close to close
Ratio
0.21x
-4.9% vs priced
Rolling
0.21x
after 1 scored

237.18 to 240.26

Close to close the print was worth 1.30%, from 237.18 to 240.26, against a 6.2% implied. Every published reaction figure for this print is an intraday read and all of them are larger: 4.6% to 248.09 in one wire account, and our own trade log scored the long at roughly 7% off a 253.47 intraday high. The exchange series puts the session high at 258.30 and the close at 240.26, so the stock gave back most of a 9% move before the bell. There is no conflict to resolve here, only two different measurements, and this row records the session.

Our preview, trade logNasdaq historical closesInvesting.com: shares rose 4.6% to 248.09 after the results, an intraday read

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